Again, considering how that the princes that are borderers and neighbours unto my kingdom wait for opportunities, and expect what shall be the event, I have appointed my son Antiochus king, whom I often committed and commended unto many of you, when I went up into the high provinces; to whom I have written as followeth:
and considering further that the rulers bordering my kingdom are watching closely for any opportunity and awaiting how things turn out, I have appointed my son Antiochus as king, a young man I have often entrusted and commended to many of you when I traveled through the upper provinces, and to whom I have written as follows,
